Beneficial bacteria passed on to infants through breast milk change over time
The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act
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Adaptation to life in cattle may be driving E. coli to develop harmful features: Origin of E. coli strains that cause food poisoning
A large-scale study of the genetic differences and similarities among E. coli bacteria from cattle and humans indicates that features
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Prolonged transmission of a resistant bacterial strain in a Northern California hospital
Researchers have used whole genome sequencing (WGS) to demonstrate transmission of a single bacterial strain that possessed a carbapenem-resistance gene
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Dangerous pathogens use this sophisticated machinery to infect hosts
Gastric cancer, Q fever, Legionnaires’ disease, whooping cough — though the infectious bacteria that cause these dangerous diseases are each
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Low-calorie sweetener derived from lactose gets manufacturing boost from yeast
The quest to satisfy the sweet tooth without adding to the waistline has a new weapon in its arsenal: a
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Microbes in the human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries, study indicates
Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one another at a higher rate than is typically seen in
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Mini microscope for studies of brain disease in living mice
Working with mice, a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has developed a relatively inexpensive, portable mini microscope that could
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Cancer prevention drug also disables H. pylori bacterium
A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than one trick in
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Babies born at home have more diverse, beneficial bacteria, study finds: Hospital care may affect newborns’ gut flora, which influence health
Infants born at home have more diverse bacteria in their guts and feces, which may affect their developing immunity and
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Infectious diarrhea spores survive high temperatures of hospital laundering: Hospital bedsheets could be source of C. difficile contamination
Washing contaminated hospital bedsheets in a commercial washing machine with industrial detergent at high disinfecting temperatures failed to remove all
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